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Thus says the Lord :

Thus says the Lord : essays on the Former and Latter Prophets in honor of Robert R. Wilson / edited by John J. Ahn and Stephen L. Cook. - New York ; London : T & T Clark, c2009. - xvi, 327 p. : port. ; 24 cm. - Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 502 T & T Clark library of biblical studies . - Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 502. T & T Clark library of biblical studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introductory celebration of Robert R. Wilson / Joshua son of Nun : presentation of a prophet / Religion in the heroic spirit : themes in the Book of Judges / What is prologue is past : composing Israelite identity in Judges 5 / Judges, kingship, and political ethics : a challenge to the conventional wisdom / Prophecy and theodicy / Authority to edify : verification of biblical truth in William Robertson Smith's Prophets of Israel / The poetics of biblical prophecy : point of view and point of standing in the prophetic books / The poetry of creation / "Daughter Zion" / The beginning of the end of the world in the Hebrew Bible / Prophetic associations / (Re)inscribing power through Torah teaching : rhetorical pedagogy in the Servant Songs of Deutero-Isaiah / Jeremiah and the Levitical priests of Anathoth / Remembering the prophets / Putting the mother back in the center : metaphor and multivalence in Ezekiel 19 / The speechless suppression of grief in Ezekiel 24:15-27 : the death of Ezekiel's wife and the prophet's abnormal response / Portraying prophetic experience and tradition in Ezekiel / "But if not--" what? : the speech of the youths in Daniel 3 and a (theo)logical problem / Myth and truth in socio-historical reconstruction of ancient societies : Hosea 4:11-14 as a test case / The social location(s) of Amos : Amos 1:3-2:16 / Jonah and the uses of parody / Zephaniah, a disciple of Isaiah? / John Ahn and Stephen L. Cook -- Stephen B. Chapman -- Baruch A. Levine -- Mark S. Smith -- Susan Niditch -- John Barton -- Warner M. Bailey -- Harry P. Nasuti -- Robert B. Robinson -- F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp -- John J. Collins -- Christopher R. Seitz -- Carolyn J. Sharp -- S. Dean McBride, Jr. -- David L. Petersen -- Corrine Carvalho -- Stephen L. Cook -- D. Nathan Phinney -- Roy L. Heller -- Christl M. Maier -- Gene M. Tucker -- William W. Hallo -- John Ahn.

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Bible.--Former Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

BS1286.5 / .T487 2009

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